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Now Trending :: Organic Black Accessories & Accents In The Home

Back in the heyday of Hollywood Regency style, I was allllll about high contrast black-and-white. I loved the glamorous look of it, and definitely used it a bit in my own home. But in the past five or six years, I banished black from my life. It was too heavy amongst my pale oak finishes and seagrass baskets. Too contrasty for my soft, coastal vibe. Well, guess what babies? Black is back in my life, and better than ever.

As I've been putting the finishing touches on our home, I realized I was really missing something: depth. I had eliminated darker tones so entirely that my eye wandered, but didn't land anywhere. Now, in some places, I'm ok with that. But most of the time you really need that grounding element.

The secret - I've discovered - to adding black back into my life is to keep it low contrast. Which actually works out well for me, because as much as I love 'white', the white tones that we have throughout our home are actually pretty soft. For the record: I think another trend in itself right now is (dun dun dun) BEIGE. But I'm not gonna go there today.

The other way in which this look is being done right (in my opinion anyway) is that the black is coming through in a more organic way. In furniture, it's being applied more like a stain or treatment that allows the wood grain to show. As a trend, it's showing up in natural materials that we've been loving for a while now, like cane, seagrass, linen and clay.

Pair those elements with warmer wood tones and a more laid back style (quite the opposite of glamour), and you've got yourself an easy way to welcome black back into your life:

For the record, my recent obsession with black came with me hunting for the pair of perfect black nightstands that won't cost me my entire current savings. This style from Amber Interiors is pretty much exactly what I'm looking for, but at about twice my budget. Needless to say, I'm still hunting!

In the meantime, though, I've found a few other ways in which I wouldn't mind adding some organic black accessories to my home...

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I love a good black accent! I was recently looking for black nightstands similar to the Amber Interiors (but in my budget) and ended up with the IKEA Vikhammer nightstands. While they aren’t the same natural black with wood grain as Amber’s they look much higher quality in person than I imagined and I get complements on them often. It was this inspiration pic that sold me: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bvo0ePjlHJA/ and here they are in my space: https://www.instagram.com/p/BvMY9E4lKsb/